Fire-resistive construction.



PATENTED DEC. 18, 1906.

' v .B. E. Loon/11 s.

FIRE RESISTIVBCONSTRUOTION.

APPLICATION? TILED JULY 17, 1906.

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Be itknown that I, Bnucn E. Looms, a

' citizen of v the United States, residin in the city, county, and State of New Yor ,have.

invented a new and useful Fire-Resistive Construction, of .which the following is "a The object of invention is toprovide a tile, concrete, block, or other. building material particularly adapted to inclose a stiff ening-i'rame and protecting framework.

. in further objeetbf my invention-is in tile,

v1 concrete, or likeconstruction'to provide grooves and-spaces for a stiffening-frame and the means for uniting the frameparts.

A iurtherobject o vide. a-tile, concrete, or similar construction *both along and through the tile and to per-4 mit the fastening of'bond parts as the wa fiooringisbeing constructed.-

A further ob ect of my inventionis to proermitting of the'ready' building up of the, e ap t l ng with the tile; v

A further object ofmy invention is'to provide spaces in tile, concrete, or similar construet on for thepassa e'of retaining-bonds lor ' vide' pierced t' esorconcrete'blocks having enlargements to permit the fastening of the "internal bonds-at these points. I

; 1- A further object of my invention to pro-:

*vide such-a construction "which is suitable a floor andkwall partial making use-of in tile.

for usewithcement filling and in which. the

bonding action willbe assisted by the cement acting between adjoiningtile.

L .Figure'l 'represents a erspective view of top plan view 0 the .wall en'ibodying my tile bill; omitting the bonds. Fig-3 re re sents a side elevation of a similar wall bro en away toshow some of the bonds in space.

x l Fig. Jr-represents a'sectional view of a wall using my tile and finishing the bonds at the top with facing-tile.

5 represents a partial sectional and partial perspective view of 73a portion of a'tile; 1 1 li g. 6 represents in e1e-' vation 'the independently-supported rod and Similar 'numeralsofreference its supports and'connections. v

7 indicate corres onding partsinthe figures.

i, eferring to the draWin s,in tile'and concrete constructions, whet er intended for within my claims my invention is to pro-T each block tile is apertured,

y erected thereon 'g. 2 represents a,

UNITED srnpns PATENT OFFICE. sauce E. Looms; or new YO K, -1 slss-nssisrlvscousrduorlon.

Patented Dec. 18, 190 reventing excessive injury by reason of reaking or disintegration of individual tile. My invention has to do primarily with the block-tile or other constructions which are used for such purposes. Where I use the word tile hereinafter, I desire to be under stood that'I wish to include both in the specific'ation and in" the "claims all "materials which'are madev upl in such sha e asto come erein and w 'ch are used for building, "paving, or protecting purposes- My invention has to do primarily with block-tile; but in the form shown in Fig. 4 I

illustratea combination of the block and facing tile by means of which a. wall con structed according to my invention is finished at one extremity, bonds and retaininghooks'being protected from fire and other destructive influences. The block-which I preferablyuse is formed with preferably re cessedends having recesses 1, grooves 2, uniting the recesses, and with lon itudinal grooves 3 uponthose sides 4-wl1ich are 1 placed together in ordinarybuilding operations, as best-seen in Fi '1. 'The longitudie jnal grooves are preferab y centrally enlarged. in a lateral direction at '5.toprovide space for the bond -uniting means,'to be hereinafter described. It will thus be .seen that Ereferablyin its central pos1t1on,'to permit t e passageof "a frame member and that where the aperture emerges into the surface. an opening is pro-. vided'tof ermit uniting of the vertical and horizonta' or otherwise angularly-disposed .frame members.-

ltwill be evident that the enlargement of space-for the connecting means;.but'there is no necessity for special-advantage in this form of construction, as'the junction-point of the frame members will be preferably in the junction/plane of the tile and most advanmeans can there be 'most readily applied.

.the aperture laterally might be provided for by an enlargement of theentire' aperture-.- that is, by grooving throughout to provide "tageously at this point, because the uniting It will be evident that the -enlargements2,

formed in the ends,as shown, will ordinarily be ina line witha more constituted part of the longitudinal openings which are ordi 1 narily found in tile of this character, and I i have so illustrated these partsin Fig. 4.. It

willbeequally evident, however', that the tile may beformedfasshownin Fig. l with out making them hollow or longitudinally apertured at all, except as required by the grooves and'lateral recesses therefrom.

I place my.tile in the form shown in Fig. 1

.upon a flooring 6, to which are secured vertioal frame members 7 by means of any suitable tie. In the form shown in Fig. 1 this is a horizontal strip-8 at the bottom. These vertical fi'ame members are retained by a hook 9, rod or tube 9, supported. thereby,

and any suitable clamping means by which 7 the vertical strips are stretched and retained in tight position as set. Between adjoining tiles and in horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 5, I place horizontal strips 10, which lie in the grooves 3 within the meeting sides of my tile. 'Where the horizontal and vertical members pass each other, I preferably join them, using in the form illustrated a pin 11.

, within the lateral recess 12, by which the ends, grooves, or channels 2 are laterally extended where they meet the faces 4, or may occur where vertical and horizontal strips meet within recesses 5.

In a wall against a ceiling or other.

limiting-surface, such as 13 in Fig. 4, I preferably use facing-tile 14 in line with the upper surface of my block-tile, filling the space etween with cement, and cement may be evidently used between or within my block tile also, as seen in the upper block-tile of Fig. 4: at 1'5.

It will be evident that a wall other than a vertical Wall will have 'a framework corresponding to its general direction and that the frame-strips will not be vertically and horizontally arranged in-such'a case, butmay be arranged according to..ai1y suitable scheme, and that either the vertical or horizontal frame members or the corresponding members may be omitted, the lateral extensions of the grooves and apertures being usefulthen to unite the parts of theremaining strips whatever their direction, whether vertical or horizontal or angular, withreferenee thereto. It will be evident that end or side grooves maybe omittedwhere it is not the intention to'use bonding frame members at these points. my tile are of the same construction end for end and side for side, and that they may be longitudinally reversed or turned uside down Without altering the relations of the parts, and that they are therefore fully reversible. It will be further evident that the framework of my construction is readily car- It will be further evident that ssaeie ried along with the wall, being built up asthe blocks are built up and well rotected from fire by the surrounding tile, giving a stiffness of construction and protection against injury which are highly desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A tile having horizontal and vertical intersecting grooves in facing edges thereof which are intended to meet other tile, and lateral enlargements of said grooves.

2. A tile having horizontal. and vertical grooves in the faces thereof which are intended tolie against other tile, and a erforation terminating in enlargements 0 said grooves upon opposite faces thereof.

3. A ti e having horizontal and vertical grooves in the faces thereof which are in.- tended to meet faces of other tile, lateral enlargements of said grooves, and a perforation in the approximate center thereof terminating in the enlargement of one of the rooves.

4. A tile havinglongitudinal an transverse grooves in the "narrow faces thereof and lateral enlargements of said grooves in combination with a framework composed of strips, and means for uniting strips, said means resting in one of said lateral enlargements.

5. A tile having lon itudinal and transverse grooved faces affapted to meet the faces of other tile,-lateral enlargements of said grooves in said faces and perforations in one of said enlargements in combination with a frame jointed within said enlargement.

6. In combination a plurality of tiles havmg longitudinal and transverse groovesand perforations, a framework made up of a plurality of strips, laterally-extending pins joining said-strips within said perforations and cement within the grooves.

7. A tile having grooved to bottom and end faces, an aperture througi the top terminating in an enlargement in one of the faces and lateral openings in the ends leading from the grooves-therein.

8. A fire-resistive wall, artition or the like, composed of block-ti es substantially the same thickness as thewall, a horizontal rod independently supported above the same, a series of upwardly-extending metallic bonds located in recesses formed in said tiles, means for securing the upper ends of said bonds to said rod, cement mclosing the upper ends of said bonds and the securing means, and separate tile on opposite sides of the plane of the bonds.

9. Afire-resistive wall, artition or thelike, composed of block-tiles, a iorizontal rod independently supported above the same, a series oflupwardly-extendin g metallic bonds located in recesses formed betweensaid tiles, the upper ends of said bonds being secured to said red,

a cement filling'incasing said rod and adja- 1 cent portions bf the bonds, and s, tile fecing eas-p15 r for said 'oement filling.

10. A fire-resistive w like, comprising an end of facin -tile, a rigid rod independently supported rod and secured to-the rod be'tween'the tile,

cement surrounding the rod, and a plurality the'plane-ofthe bonds.

well, each of Whic extends on-bothside s of 11. A fire-resistive Wall, partition or the like, comprising a wall proper of tile extendt I ing through the thickness of the wall, bonds all, artition or the i I etween the same, a pluralityof bonds transverse to the e is la onds in proximity to the said well and fairing-tile "upon opposite sides of said. s'u p0r';;.,

12. In a; fire-resistive wall, a, plum lty of tile haying-matching grooves 1n meeting v faces and: lateral extensions of said 'rooves,

bondslying within said grooves, an means 7 for uniting the bonds enteringsaid extensions. I l

v "BRUCE E, LOOMI S.

' Witnesses:

O. D. MoV-AY;

E. C. GEE-KER.-

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